Display or advertising device



March 18, 1930. w. M. BARRY DISPLAY OR ADVERTISING DEVICE Filedmarcn 22, 1928 31a/vento@ ,/l/d ffm ECUU @1I/tom I /l/lg Patented Mar. `18, 1930 i UNITE" WALTER IVI. BARRY, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

-ISPLAY OR ADVERTISNG DEVICE Application filed March 22, 1928. Serial No.'263,633. I

My invention relates to improvements in display or advertising devices, andk it is the principal object of my invention to provide.

a mechanically operatablc device for the successive display of advertisements, campaign slogans or the like in the mouth ot the representation of a human head, such as for instance the head of a clown, as illustrated as an example, or of Uncle Sain or any 'other representation of human or animal faces, printed, painted, embossed or otherwise made on a card-board or Similar suitable surface;

Another object of my invention is the provision of a device of "this character which is 16 extremely simple in its construction vand therefore inexpensive, yet durable and etlicient in kits operation.V 'f

A furtherfobj ect ofmy invention is the provision of a displayY or' 'advertising device includinga manually orn otherwise operated mechanism for intermittently operating a means suchas a disc or discs bearing suitable inscriptions, pictures or lthe like, which, when put in operation, will effectV the display of the legends or inscriptions, or other data, in proper sequence before an opening such as for instance the representation of a iigures mouth, etc.

A still further object of ,my invention is the :provision of a display or advertising device consisting of two connected main parts or plates, foldable uponeachl other, and held together toyenclose the operating parts of the device. f

lThese-and other objects and advantages of my invention will 'become more fully apparentas the description thereof proceeds, and will Athen be specifically defined in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of 'this disclosure: c

Fig. 1 is a front view ofnzthe devicey in inoperative position with the mouth closed. Y

Fig. 2 is a vView similarto F igure 1 showing :the device in operative position'withthe mouth open to display the advertisement.

Fig. 3 is .an interior view of ythe device, unfolded.

Fig. Lis a section online 4 4 of Figure 1.

The display or advertising device illustrated as one example of the many ways to practically construct my invention, `consists of two main parts, plates or pieces of for instance cardboard 10, 11 flexibly and foldably connected in any Vsuitable manner at their inner meeting side edges, as .at 1.2.

The .part 10 carries on its outer'face the representation of a human face or of an animal, etc., for instance as shown the representation or picture of a clown, which may be drawn, painted, embossed or otherwise made r thereon, and which has normally the mouth 13 closed, however with the tongue lak protruding therefrom, as illustrated in Figure 1, to represent a chin.

@ver the inner or rear yface of party 10y slides 4a-cardboardpiece 15 which is displaceably guided so as to allow its free movement in a vertical direction.

This cardboard 15 bears on its front face the representations of the' eT e pupilsy 16 as shown in Figure 1 and above theA same the eye lids 17 as shownin Figure 2 botliadapted to successively appear in front `of the eye openings 18 in the part v10 according to .the position ofthe cardboard 15 at the time.

The tongue 14 is shapedat the lower-edge of the plate 15 below the mouth 13 by the slots 19 and 20, so that .ou-ter depending iiaps 21, 22 are formed.

The teeth 28 are painted Lon -tlie front face of part 15 above and below .the'mouthopening13..

rlhe upperedge of part 15 has formed therewith a liap or tongue k24 provided with afinger Opening 25, nroperly reinforced, as indicatechat 26.

Opera-ting pins 27er the like are projecting out of the plane of the inner face of part 1'5 as shown in Figure 3. v n f As illustrated, the part 11 has a yslot or recess 28 formed in its upper ledge inr approximately themiddle thereof and of dimensions such as to allow a gripping of tcngue24 and operation of the part 15 `by means of a linger :inserted into opening 25.

The part 11 carries on its inner face in properly selected position'a disc `29 ,having its periphery radially slotted as at f3() and fora certain distance slotted ,parallel to the eov " periphery asiat-32,1% that yielding tongues YV; 33 are formedv bent-out of the plane of the disc to form abutments or shoulders 34. The Y .disc 29N is rotatably secured tofpart ll by means of'a centrally'located rivet 35 or the like, and its `front face shows the concenv tricallyrarranged legends to be successively s displayed in"r the mouth opening 13, as for y' `instance as'shown, the legend 36, Give me u, Al Smith, if `the device is for instance to b e used. duringa political campaign, or anyV other slogan or legend jof an advertising, etcg,

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`Reinforcing strips 3@ are attachedwat the folding inner edge and simil-ar strips 38 are formedalong. the outer sidel edges to allow a holding together ofthe Vparts lO'and 11 Y Wlienfolded upon one another.V

The/operation of my device will be entirely clear from'theabove description andrby the i simultaneous inspection of the drawing,and Vit will be' evident that the upward movement of ytheslide l5 by means 'of a iingerinserted in opening 25 will give the device the appearance in Figure 1, while a downwardfmovev inentof the slidewill closev theeyesand open The legends Qn the di Vthe mouth sovthat one part ofthe legend or disc'29'will appear in themouth'opening as illustrated in lFigure' 2..`

scwill appear in their consecutive order in the mouthopening upon veach 'downward `movement of they slide as i the `pins 27y enga-ge the abutments-fl torotate the ldisc.` Itlwill be clear that owing to the' bending fof theftongues 33. out of the :plane of thediscQQand the direction of the abut- Tments thus formed'towardsy one side only,

vduring theV downward'movement ofthe slide l5 the'fpin on the right hand side will engage t lThe tonguek li'p'rotruding Vout-'of they-mouthf whensame is 'closed' as inV Figure 1,' is' prop-I 5o the abutments of the tongues33 and; rotate the disc while the` pinon the lefthand side will slide over the yielding tongues andtheir abutments; Y -During`the upward movement .ofthe slide thepin-'on the .left hand side vwill engage the abutmentsof the tongues andthe vpin onthe right hand side will slidek over the yielding tongues and depressvthe` abutment-s.

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It will be understood that I have disclosed asone example of the many ways fin which my device may berpracti'cally constructed its ypreferred form only, and that I may make such changesin its arrangement and in the construction of its minor details or partsv as Acome within the -scope of the appendedclaims,

without depart-urerfrom the spirit of my invention ,and the principles involved, so for instance I Ymay make the slideV laterally* displaceable instead Vof vertically, may useother .representations thanfthose shown, and employ other legends, advertising matten/etc.- v 65 Having, thusdescribed my invention', what l2 claim as newand desire to secure by Letters v Patent is: v Y v Y `l. Display and advertisingv device comprising, two mainparts foldably connected for l forming a housing when folded against each other, flapsv forjholding the parts'intheir",

folded and closedl positions, tli e1fro nty part providedwith display openings, aslide containing proper pictorial illustrationsfsliding along the inner face of said front part, a disc rality of abutments yformed on l'said disc, means on 'said slide for'engaging said abutments, and ameanson said slide fordisplacn ingrthe sametofengage and disengage said abutmentA engaging meansV from said abutrotatably held oni the rear part,fa'nd a plu` ments, for displaying legends on saiddisc j rear part, meansconnecting both parts at the inner side edges forrallowinga foldingof .one part against the other, 'meansifor holding the partsengaged in Vtheir yfolded or lclosed position to constitute a housing, a slide adapted Vto slide along the inner face ofthe front part, and a disc rotatably held to the rear is partoppositely'disposed to said slide, abut-V. ments on said'disc pointing and. yielding inV one direction, pins on said slide, andame'ans forv operating said slide yto/engage alternately during its downward and vupward movement, f

with its :pins the v'abutments"on'saidffdisc fffor successively displaying advertisements 4on Y said disc in their consecutive yo rder throughY saidV mouth opening.

i f 3. In a: display devicev scribed the combinationV of a face plate pro# "f theicharacter dvevided with openings' therethrough, Vwith aY slide adaptedto be vertically displaced along the inner faceof said face plate andhaving paintedthereon eye-pupils andl eye-lids as 1";

wellas kteeth yfor displaying/uponV proper voperation of Vsaid slide said pupils and said lids,in rear of the representation openings yof the face plate tojcreate Vthe impression of 'openjand closed eyes, 'means for displacing said slide, and a means for displaying ad# vertisements and/teeth through themouth opening in said faceplate in their consecutive order. v aj f' w 4. In a display andadvertising devicev 0fthe character J described two foldably con# v nected plates, means for holding both plates together in their folded position', one of said l plates having a plurality of openings andthe other a recess, a slide gliding 'over the y'inner face of one of the platesand having pictorial representations thereon 'tol appear ,before several of said openings,a rotatable disc bearing .advertisements on the' recessed plate, Y

yielding abutments on-said' discpointed in iso one direction, and pins on said slide adapted to alternately engage the abutments during the vertical displacement of said slide to display the advertisements on said disc successively through one of the openings in one of said plates, and a means for manually displacing said slide.

5. In a display and advertising device of the class described the combination of a front plate representing a face in front and having a plurality of eye openings and a mouth opening therebelow, with a recessed rear plate, a disc carrying advertising legends concentrically arranged therewith, and a slide vertically displaceable along the inner face of said front plate and having the representations of eye pupils, eye-lids and teeth thereon, the former adapted to successively appear in :front of the eye openings by the proper manipulation of the slide to create the impression of open and closed eyes respectively and the latter to appear in front of the mouth opening, a tongue formed with said slide normally representing a chin and adapt-- ed to be projected through the mouth opening, and a means Jfor displaying the advertisements through the mouth opening of said face plate.

6. In a display and advertising device, a housing, a disc rotatably secured to one wall of said housing, having its periphery radially and parallelly slotted to said periphery to form yielding tongues bent out of the plane of the disc to form abutments pointing in one direction only, a slide and pins on said slide, one of said pins adapted to engage during the movement of the slide in one direction successively, the abutments to rotate said disc, the other of said pins sliding during this time over the yielding tongues, while it is adapted to engage during the movement of the slide in the opposite direction, said abutments to rotate the disc in the opposite direction with the first named pin sliding over the yielding tongues. Y

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of March, A. D. 1928. y

WALTERKM. BARRY. 

